Healthy, Healthy!

Welcome to the healthy version of the Starks. For the next two weeks Tyler and I will be consuming strictly fruits and veggies. Sounds fun! I plan to blog our journey, as I hope it will distract me from the yummy-ness that food is.

 So let me back up to a few weeks ago: Tyler and I started to notice how unhealthy we were being. We were becoming addicted to processed food, fast food, candy, everything that we shouldn't be eating. We considered doing a liver cleanse to detox our bodies, but I couldn't find one that looked doable (or that didn't require drinking some nasty drink). Luckily, Tyler stumbled upon a documentary about a juice re-boot called Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead  , and we decided to do it.

 Prep Day 11/29: Today I compiled the grocery list for only the next four days. I was very concerned anything purchased after four days would go bad in the fridge. Anywhoo..After making my list I drove to the Walmart and started the process. It was so hard to keep from laughing out loud as I shopped the produce section. You will see why when you look at the list and pictures below. The funniest part was the produce worker at Walmart that watched me the entire time. I'm sure she was trying to figure out what in the heck I was doing as I loaded 13 cucumbers and 16 zucchini in my cart.

 Here's what I bought:
6 sweet potatoes
4 white onions
5 packages tomatoes (about 4 per pack)
4 cups green beans
1 grapefruit
4 oranges
1 mango
2 limes
2 pablano peppers
2 red peppers
10 beets
6 hearts romaine
14 apples raisins kale
12 cups spinach
13 cucumber
3 packs celery
2 ginger roots
5 avocado
3 red onion
36 carrots
2 cilantro bushels sprouts
3 heads broccoli
2 pineapples blackberries
6 kiwi
2 bananas
1 pear
5 cups mint leaves
8 cups parsley
2 jalapeno
24 radishes
1 lemon
4 leeks
16 zucchini
4 cups blueberries
32 strawberries
cherry tomatoes

This is only for FOUR DAYS, for TWO PEOPLE!!

 I was struggling to keep my giggles contained :)

 Here is what I noted during the process though: I have never shopped this way, which was a bad sign. I hardly missed any produce bins as I shopped this list. I noticed which veggies and fruit I missed, and I noticed the variety of color in my basket. I know I would never purchase strictly fruit and vegetables, and so I can not compare previous shopping trips to this one. However, I had never shopped this long in my produce section. I always skim by, quickly grabbing anything that looks good without any thought or planning. Maybe everyone else is different, I always fill out my shopping list by writing; "vegetables" and "fruit," nothing more. Shopping today I discovered I no longer want to shop this way. I have to plan for produce and shop accordingly, I hope today's experience breaks me of my cycle. 

Tomorrow should be interesting, and will be the hardest. Wish us luck!